NAV2

Neuron navigator 2
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
Symbols NAV2 ; HELAD1; POMFIL2; RAINB1; STEERIN2; UNC53H2
External IDs OMIM: 607026 HomoloGene: 52330 GeneCards: NAV2 Gene
EC number 3.6.4.12
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 89797 78286
Ensembl ENSG00000166833 ENSMUSG00000052512
UniProt Q8IVL1 Q6ZPE7
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001111018 NM_001111016
RefSeq (protein) NP_001104488 NP_001104486
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
19.35 – 20.12 Mb
Chr 7:
48.91 – 49.61 Mb
PubMed search

Neuron navigator 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NAV2 gene.[1][2][3]

The vitamin A metabolite, all-trans retinoic acid (atRA), plays an important role in neuronal development, including neurite outgrowth. RAINB1 is an atRA-responsive gene.[3]

References

  1. Maes T, Barcelo A, Buesa C (Jun 2002). "Neuron navigator: a human gene family with homology to unc-53, a cell guidance gene from Caenorhabditis elegans". Genomics 80 (1): 21–30. doi:10.1006/geno.2002.6799. PMID 12079279.
  2. Coy JF, Wiemann S, Bechmann I, Bachner D, Nitsch R, Kretz O, Christiansen H, Poustka A (Jun 2002). "Pore membrane and/or filament interacting like protein 1 (POMFIL1) is predominantly expressed in the nervous system and encodes different protein isoforms". Gene 290 (1–2): 73–94. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(02)00567-X. PMID 12062803.
  3. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: NAV2 neuron navigator 2".

Further reading


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